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Old 05-01-2019, 03:25 PM
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That's interesting - I just got a set of Bosch ICON and they seem to work fine as long as the windshield is in fact wet; if it is only partially wet, they skip a little - is this due to not using the factory pieces?
Old 05-01-2019, 03:26 PM
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Bosch or SWF. Both are excellent and OEM quality.
Old 05-01-2019, 03:32 PM
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Thank you.
Old 05-02-2019, 05:28 PM
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Old 05-02-2019, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Dock
$38.47 for a factory front set (not including shipping and tax) at Sunset Porsche.
Dock, the Bosch and SWF/Valeo are OE supplier parts. These are the same parts that come from the stealer w/o going through Porsche's hands and thus avoiding the tax. They sometimes even come with OEM part #'s and the P in a triangle symbol ground off after manufacture. Make your wallet happy and take a look.
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Originally Posted by SteveMFr
Dock, the Bosch and SWF/Valeo are OE supplier parts. These are the same parts that come from the stealer w/o going through Porsche's hands and thus avoiding the tax. They sometimes even come with OEM part #'s and the P in a triangle symbol ground off after manufacture. Make your wallet happy and take a look.
Thanks. I'll look at them the next time I need wipers (although it might be awhile as I'm only on my second set of front wiper blades; the originals that came from the factory, and the ones I have on my car now are the only wipers that have been on the car.)
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trico with aquapel treatment of windsheild

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Old 05-02-2019, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfer161
...aquapel treatment of windsheild
I'm a Rain-X fan.
Old 05-03-2019, 08:18 PM
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Buy a set of Bosch per the size requirement, pull out the rubber cartridge and replace the ones on the Porsche arms with the Bosch rubber!
I only do the above if there are no arms by Bosch etc that match 1 for one!
if you can find the rubber cartridge by itself, then it’s a no brainer! It seems harder and harder to find just the rubber by itself.



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